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  • 12 Sep 2016 5:09 PM
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    Message # 4246387
    Anonymous

    I am about to get my gear lever plated and I need to remove the gearknob. I assume it is a located with a thread but can someone confirm that before I try and remove it?
  • 13 Sep 2016 1:11 AM
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    Reply # 4246795 on 4246387
    Carl-Erik Renquist

    No threads, it is pinch pressed on the rod and the entire gear lever with knob is bright and shiny nickel plated.

    Last modified: 13 Sep 2016 4:38 AM | Carl-Erik Renquist
  • 13 Sep 2016 5:03 AM
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    Reply # 4247027 on 4246387
    Mike Byrne

    Unless it is a repro part. Some of them are screwed on.

    Mike.
  • 16 Sep 2016 11:50 AM
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    Deleted user

    My plater guy just phoned me he has tried treating the ball as pot metal and aluminum and can not get it to flash properly. He is going to plate the shaft and leave the ball :(
  • 16 Sep 2016 7:53 PM
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    Carl-Erik Renquist

    I tried to check very close if it has some preparation coating but could not see anything, with my amateur eye it looks like the nickel just adhered to the base metal and very good at that, the nickel is worn off on half the ball with no sign of flaking or delamination.
  • 18 Sep 2016 3:04 AM
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    Reply # 4255333 on 4246387
    Mike Byrne

    Would it be possible to remove the pressed on ball and then get a copy of the ball made in a better material such as brass, and then the whole lever could be plated correctly.  Brass by the way is one of the best materials that copper/nickel and chrome will adhere to. The new ball could either be pressed on or brazed on.

    Mike.

    Last modified: 18 Sep 2016 3:05 AM | Mike Byrne
  • 19 Sep 2016 1:35 AM
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    Reply # 4256105 on 4246387
    Carl-Erik Renquist

    No, I doubt that very much without destroying one or both. Better get a repro lever then.

    Last modified: 19 Sep 2016 1:36 AM | Carl-Erik Renquist
  • 20 Sep 2016 5:05 AM
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    Reply # 4258813 on 4246387
    Mike Byrne

    If the ball is just an interference fit on the shaft, then if it was me doing the job, then I would slit the ball on both sides with a disc cutter  but only cutting to the outer edge of the shaft . Then a sharp chisel would relieve the pressure on the joint and ball should come off.

    Mike.
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